College students need money lesson (News 14 Carolina)
No matter how the credit card stores data, a device is needed to read and process the information. Most often, at retail stores that comes in the form of the point-of-sale terminal -- generally a device with a magnetic stripe reader and sometime a signature capture pad, as well.
College students need money lesson (News 14 Carolina)
RALEIGH -- As students return to college campuses, the state Attorney General hopes they'll take a crash course in money management. The average college student racks up $1,500 in credit card debt by the end of their first year in college.
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Money and credit tips for college students (North Adams Transcript)
The start of the school year is almost upon us. For those parents with college-age students, especially those with newly entering students, there is one nagging issue: money. The end of summer brings those bills for tuition, room and board — amounts that can be staggering.
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EDITORIAL: For college credit, read fine print (The Sun Chronicle)
This is one in a continuing series of editorials on financial literacy. Parents, haul out your lesson plans in commonsense financial literacy this month for students headed to grade school or off to college.
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Creditcardclients.com Releases Savings Agent(TM) for Students (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Creditcardclients.com today announced the launch of the Student Savings Agent, a free tool that determines the best credit option for each user, helping students save hundreds of dollars.
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Getting college credit (Pioneer Press)
If you think part of getting ready for college is signing onto your parent's credit card to help build your credit history, the Watchdog warns you that piggybacking plan will no longer work - even if Mom has a perfect 850 credit score.
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Stepchildren must contribute to college education (Southeast Missourian)
Dear Bruce: My stepchildren are a year apart in age. The oldest will begin college in fall 2008. The younger child will begin a year later. Their parents didn't put any money away for college. My...
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THINKING LONG TERM USING CREDIT RESPONSIBLY (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
A freshman's guide to good credit
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The Best First Credit Card (The Motley Fool)
Help your child get a good piece of plastic.
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Rein in spending and avoid credit-card debt (Arizona Business Gazette)
Question: I have credit-card debt at high interest rates on several cards, as well as student loans. Going into my last year in college and being wary of the future, carrying this debt scares me. I have been wondering if I should consider a debt-consolidation loan. What do you think?
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Man on a mission (winnipegsun.com)
Canadian comedian James Cunningham is on a mission. He has parlayed a hobby in making people laugh into a career in teaching high school and college students how to handle money.
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College students need money lesson (News 14 Carolina)
You may have received what appeared to be a credit card in the mail along with a letter promising something to the tune of "You are already approved" or "Clean up bad credit." If you have bad credit, it may have been tempting to follow the included instructions: dial a toll-free number, key in your "activation code," and speak to an operator requesting your bank account number. Perhaps you found out the hard way that these so-called advance fee credit cards are not credit cards at all.
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